Two-time Olympic Games 1,500m champion Faith Chepngetich has set her focus on breaking the world record in the upcoming season.
The two-time world 1,500m champion said she is convinced she can lower the global mark after several near-misses in the past.
“I have been trying to break the world record but I keep on missing it by a small margin. This time, I'm praying that all things go the right way to secure the record,” she said.
At the Monaco Diamond League, Kipyegon missed the world record by less than a second when she won in 3:50.37 to miss the global record of 3:50.07 that is held by Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba .
However, the mark saw Kipyegon, who defended her Olympic Games 1,500m in Tokyo last year after winning in 2016, become the second fastest woman in the world.
Her winning time was also a new national record and she revealed that this has inspired her heading into the new season.
Speaking in Kapsabet, Nandi County during the installation of Air Quality Sensor by Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba, Kipyegon said clean air is key to a successful athletics career.
“Training in areas of Kaptagat is perfect. It has good air quality and this can be enhanced by planting more trees. I have also trained in Keringet and Kaptagat, where the air is clean and I would like to see other places like West Pokot and Turkana having good air. The people up there are suffering due to climate change,” she said.
